Sri Lankan navy repulses rebel attack

Using helicopter gunships and fast attack boats, the Sri Lankan navy on Wednesday repulsed a planned Tamil rebel attack on a naval base along its west coast, officials said. The sea battle came amid violence that many fear is edging the nation closer to full-scale civil war. One soldier was killed Wednesday in an ambush by suspected separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, while three civilians were found shot dead in troubled eastern Sri Lanka. Full Story

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